The Power of Data in Credit Assessment

Learn the importance of clean, well-structured data for accurate risk and opportunity assessments.

Join us for an insightful session with data expert Andrew Goddard, as he draws on years of hands-on experience to highlight the critical role of clean, well-structured customer, supplier, and prospect data.

Through practical insights and compelling visual examples, Andrew will unpack how the quality of your data directly influences the accuracy of your risk and opportunity assessments—whether high or low!

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why clean data is essential for confident decision-making

  • Common pitfalls and how to avoid them

  • Real-world examples that bring the data story to life

About the Speaker – Andrew Goddard
Andrew is a qualified Management Accountant and Credit Manager with a deep and diverse background in credit, data, and risk management.

He began his career in credit management within the UK building and civil engineering sector and private consumer finance, before joining Dun & Bradstreet, where he spent 25 years in a variety of senior roles. These included team leadership in Receivable and Credit Risk Management Services, and later product development roles in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland—most notably focusing on the D&B Family Tree services for global clients across the DACH region.

Following his time at D&B, Andrew continued to shape the data quality and credit risk landscape through roles at Coface Global Solutions and CDQ (Corporate Data Quality)—an organisation dedicated to improving data quality to support business process automation.